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IN March 1972, the third issue of the newly published weekly Marianas Variety reported that a local man charged with murdering his wife in Sept. 1970 was acquitted by a

THE banner headline of Marianas Variety’s June 9, 1972 issue was “GOVERNMENT CENSORING RADIO STATION NEWS.” At the time the NMI was one of the six districts of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands which was administered by the U.S. The other districts were Palau, the Marshall Islands, Ponape (Pohnpei), Truk (Chuuk) and Yap. The TT government’s chief executive was the American high commissioner who was an appointee of the U.S. president. The high commissioner, in turn, appointed the administrator of each district. The TT’s legislative branch was the bicameral Con...